Conan Lights Up the Googleplex

Up until Conan O'Brien's recent foray into Tweeting, the
red-headed comic wasn't known for his tech savvy. In fact, he seemed to relish the days of yore. So when he
took his comedy tour to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, it
made for an interesting meeting of the minds. At the outset, he marveled
at how young Google's employees are. He seemed astonished that they
might not know what The Cosby Show is.

Nevertheless, it's
already apparent the visit was a success. The 48-minute clip has over
350,000 views, making Conan the fourth most watched video in Google's
long-running guest speaker series (That puts him behind Ron Paul, Barack
Obama and Christoper Hitchens—which have been on the Web for over two
years.) As David Silverberg at NOW applauds, "You can tell Conan is
in his element here, even when he jokes on Web 2.0 geekery such as
Twitter tweets and search engine tips."

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